Kenner was truly a marketing genius, realizing early on that kids buying action figures would also need things to hold, store, and transport action figures.
Yep! Darth Vader and Rebel Troop Transport here too! The bandoleer was awesome, but that seemed like the kind of thing a shoot from the hip space rogue would use and I was more of a Yoda making a bowl of soup in the swamp kind of kid. Neither of my cases ever used the handles to go anywhere, so a case that was all handle, and only designed to go somewhere, seemed pointless even to me. As cool as it was. I was a member of the Star Wars Fan Club and had Luke’s sandy colored fatigue jacket from Empire (still have the picture of Yoda delivered through the mail). So I still would have happily worn it. It would have looked incredible over that jacket.
I still have all my copies of Bantha Tracks (the fan club news letter) in storage. I also kept my figures in the Rebel Troop Transport and a couple of Vader cases. The bandolier I picked up was missing all the foam, but the small container was FULL of various guns -- a rebellion gold mine! For the record, one size does NOT fit all when it comes to the bandolier, which is probably good news for my wife.
I never owned one of those as a kid and didn't even really know they existed until much later
They were a pretty late release, even late for Return of the Jedi toys. I suspect a lot of kids had moved on by the time these hit shelves.
Should have had wide elastic bands instead of the foam.
That definitely would have lasted longer. I doubt Kenner was worried about how they would function in 40 years.
Yep! Darth Vader and Rebel Troop Transport here too! The bandoleer was awesome, but that seemed like the kind of thing a shoot from the hip space rogue would use and I was more of a Yoda making a bowl of soup in the swamp kind of kid. Neither of my cases ever used the handles to go anywhere, so a case that was all handle, and only designed to go somewhere, seemed pointless even to me. As cool as it was. I was a member of the Star Wars Fan Club and had Luke’s sandy colored fatigue jacket from Empire (still have the picture of Yoda delivered through the mail). So I still would have happily worn it. It would have looked incredible over that jacket.
I still have all my copies of Bantha Tracks (the fan club news letter) in storage. I also kept my figures in the Rebel Troop Transport and a couple of Vader cases. The bandolier I picked up was missing all the foam, but the small container was FULL of various guns -- a rebellion gold mine! For the record, one size does NOT fit all when it comes to the bandolier, which is probably good news for my wife.